‘Defund the Police’ Is Not a Radical Statement
The Bougie Aunt | Published 10:00 a.m. E.T. June 29, 2020
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Among the topics which have emerged from the recent attention upon the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLMM), is the roaring call to ‘defund the police’. As expected with reformist declarations, the slogan was met with mixed opinions. On the offensive for the statement were people seeking ammunition to gun down the recent social upheaval, like President Trump, who has purposely misconstrued the slogan to present it as the antithesis to law and order. While the defense has had to repeatedly explain, ‘defund[ing] the police’ is simply asking for funds to be redirected into other sectors that are lacking in endowments, such as education, healthcare, and mental health services. The defense’s contention is reasonabl...